Drugs Crime

PREVENTING the supply and sale of illegal drugs is one of the major problems facing every society in the world, particularly in the west. The drugs trade goes hand-in-hand with serious crime, both by the suppliers and the users. The flow of drugs such as heroin and cocaine into Scotland is an underground business worth millions of pounds to organised crime every year.

HORRIFIED shoppers found the 45-year-old victim dumped on an embankment close to Morrisons Stewartfield after he had been shot through both legs in a secluded country lane behind Stewartfield Way. A major police probe is now underway as they hunt for the gunman.